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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Gila River Runs High from Melting Snowpack
Associated Press
MIMBRES — Officials with the Gila National Forest are warning visitors that melting snowpack has resulted in high water levels and dangerous conditions along the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico.
Forest officials are discouraging people from traveling on any trails that involve river crossings or from backpacking into higher elevations where heavy snowpack still remains.
The Gila River was flowing at 1,170 cubic feet per second earlier this month.
With warmer temperatures and rain, forest officials say the melting snowpack will continue to cause river levels to increase.
Nearly 120 inches of snow have been reported at Whitewater Baldy in the Gila Wilderness, and another 40 inches are covering McKnight Mountain in the Aldo Leopold Wilderness.
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